When presidential candidate Frank Kabanga Bulira of the Revolutionary People’s Party claimed that Kumasi is a region in Nigeria during the November 30 Presidential Debate, moderator Arnold Segawa was quick to point out that he was wrong: Kumasi is in Ghana.
Mr Bulira smiled sheepishly. But as the debate progressed, it was Mr Segawa who stumbled—though viewers never noticed.
🔴 Claim
While asking National Unity Platform’s candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, how he would tackle corruption, Mr Segawa claimed that Uganda has a Corruption Perceptions Index. He went on to say that Uganda’s score on the index is 35.
🔴 What OJ-UGANDA checked
- We reviewed Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores for Uganda from 2012, when the Berlin-based agency changed the scoring methodology and scale after 2011. Before 2012, the CPI was measured on a scale of 0 to 10. Zero meant high levels of corruption; 10 meant almost zero corruption.
- We checked all the scores for Uganda and whether the score of 35 that Mr Segawa claimed would also be on the current 0-100 scale. This makes the 2012–2024 period the only relevant one for debunking the claim.
- We checked whether Uganda has a separate Corruption Perceptions Index of its own.
🔴 What we found
🔴 Verdict
The claim is false.
🔴 Conclusion
The two claims Mr Segawa made while moderating the Presidential Debate are totally false. Uganda’s score on the Corruption Perceptions Index is 26, not 35. Uganda does not have a Corruption Perceptions Index of its own. It is ranked on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
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